Jose Compagno Forensic Services Adviser of the Year Brazil

About Jose Compagno

José Compagno is the Fraud Investi- gation & Dispute Services (“FIDS”) practice leader in Brazil and South America. In his current position, Compagno provides assistance to clients and law firms. He has participated in several engagements,

primarily investigative assistance, compliance and litigation.

He has over 25 years of diverse experience that, aside from Fraud Investigation and Litigation Support, includes audits of international corporations and due diligence work related to transactions in Brazil.

He has significant experience coordinating several engagements for major international, multinational

Areas of Expertise

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act • FCPA Due Diligence –Mr. Compagno has led several pre-acquisition FCPA due diligence engagements. In these projects the main objective has always been to identify FCPA risk and lack of compliance.

• FCPA Compliance – Mr. Compagno has led multiple engagements to assess the FCPA compliance of the Latin American subsidiaries of U.S. domestic concerns or U.S. issuers. The primary goal of such engagements was to determine whether the company’s subsidiaries had effectively implemented and were effectively performing the parent company’s FCPA policies and procedures. When necessary, Mr. Compagno devised action plans to ensure compliance.

• FCPA Risk Prevention - Mr. Compagno has led multiple fraud and corruption prevention engagements in Latin America.

In these

engagements Mr. Compagno and his team assessed the company’s exposure to various fraud risks and devised policies, procedures, and controls to mitigate these exposures. In some cases, Mr. Compagno provided FCPA training events to increase knowledge and awareness of the law and its implications for the business.

• FCPA Investigations – Mr. Compagno has led several FCPA investigations in Latin America. Mr. Compagno and his team were tasked with detecting all of the possible violations and determining who made, authorized, and knew about the irregularities.

Fraud Prevention • Fraud Risk Prevention - Mr. Compagno was the engagement partner to several Fraud Prevention engagements performed in companies of the most diverse fields.

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Disputes • Provided technical expertise in a dispute involving a financial institution and a Brazilian company as a result of the loan agreement covenant default and supporting the client’s decision in the renegotiation process.

• Engagement partner for a local cooperative’s dispute with several suppliers involved transactions that dated back to 20 years.

Fraud and Forensic Accounting • Engagement partner for asset misappropriation cases involving top management

for a

multinational industry member as well as a multinational manufacturer.

• Engagement partner largest companies in a conflict of

accusation involving top management. • Engagement partner

for one of Brazil’s interest

for a multinational

manufacturer and a large manufacturer involving allegations of asset misappropriation by top management.

• Engagement partner for an investigation of financial statement fraud at a major OEM.

Education and Certifications • Bachelor of Accounting, Metropolitanas Unidas

and local companies. His industry expertise includes telecommunication, health-care, state owned companies and manufacturing. Compagno has a degree in accounting from “Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas”.

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He has participated in litigation related training including an arbitration course from “Fundação Getulio Vargas” – FGV Law and in fraud and investigation conferences around the globe.

Compagno has experience in advisory services related to forensic accounting, investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) matters, and fraud and corruption prevention programs. He has recently participated in several engagements focused on the

FCPA, such as pre-acquisition FCPA assessments, post acquisition FCPA compliance assessments, and FCPA investigations. His experience in the above areas contains a wide range of domestic and international engagements.

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Notable Legal Work

From 2005 to currently Compagno lead the development of the Forensic practice of EY in Brazil and South America.

Currently , as the Leader of the Forensic Practice, denominated FIDS - Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services, Compagno leads a pracive of over 100 professionals, distributed in Argentina , Brazil, Chile , Colombia and Peru.

During this period Compagno was in charge of several prominent corporate Fraud Investigation (occupational and accounting fraud), FCPA Investigations and acted as expert in several arbitrations and court cases.

Contact Faculdades

• Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

José F. Compagno Partner - Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services Direct: +55 11-2573-3215 jose-francisco.compagno@br.ey.com

Condomínio São Luiz Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek 1830, 6º andar T1, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04543-900, Brazil

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